Demco 1050 - EQUIPMENT SAFETY GUIDELINES; LIGHTING AND MARKING; SAFETY SIGN CARE

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SAFETY...YOU CAN LIVE WITH IT
EQUIPMENT SAFETY GUIDELINES
Every year many accidents occur which could have been avoided by a few seconds of thought and a more
careful approach to handling equipment. You, the operator, can avoid many accidents by observing the following
precautions in this section. To avoid personal injury, study the following precautions and insist those working
with you, or you yourself, follow them.
In order to provide a better view, certain illustrations in this manual may show an assembly with a safety shield
removed. However, equipment should never be operated in this condition. Keep all shields in place. If shield
removal becomes necessary for repairs, replace the shield prior to use.
Replace any caution, warning, danger or instruction safety decal that is not readable or is missing. Location
of such decals is indicated in this booklet.
Do not attempt to operate this equipment under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Review the safety instructions with all users annually.
Operator should be a responsible adult. DO NOT ALLOW PERSONS TO OPERATE OR ASSEMBLE THIS
UNIT UNTIL THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
AND HOW IT WORKS.
To prevent injury or death, use a tractor equipped with a roll over protective system (ROPS). Do not paint
over, remove, or deface any safety signs or warning decals on your equipment. Observe all safety signs and
practice the instructions on them.
Never exceed the limits of a piece of machinery. If its ability to do a job, or to do so safely is in question-DON’T
TRY IT.
LIGHTING AND MARKING
It is the responsibility of the customer to know the lighting and marking requirements of the local highway
authorities and to install and maintain the equipment to provide compliance with the regulations. Add extra
lights when transporting at night or during periods of limited visibility.
Lighting kits are available from your dealer or from the manufacturer.
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SAFETY SIGN CARE
• Keep safety signs clean and legible at all times.
• Replace safety signs that are missing or have become illegible.
• Replaced parts that displayed a safety sign should also display the current sign.
• Safety signs are available from your distributor, dealer parts department, or the factory.
How to install safety signs:
• Be sure that the installation area is clean and dry.
• Decide on the exact position before you remove the backing paper.
• Remove the smallest portion of the split backing paper.
• Align the decal over the specified area and carefully press the small portion with the
 exposed sticky backing in place.
• Slowly peel back the remaining paper and carefully smooth the remaining portion of the decal into place.
• Small air pockets can be pierced with a pin and smoothed out using the piece of decal backing paper.
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